Lamiaceae FAMILY

Clinopodium menthifolium

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clinopodium menthifolium is a herbaceous, perennial plant growing from a creeping rhizome. The plant forms a carpet of foliage with erect, little-branched flowering stems 30 - 60cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild, and also cultivated in gardens, for use as a medicinal and culinary herb.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern Europe, including Britain, from France and W. Germany south to Spain, Algeria and N. Syria.

HabitatDry grassy banks, usually on calcareous soils, from southern Britain north to Durham and Yorkshire[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].